Marcel Hirscher plans to race on the Alpine skiing World Cup on Sunday for the first time in five years.
Hirscher, an eight-time World Cup overall champion for Austria who in April announced a comeback for the Netherlands, confirmed Friday that he will race Sunday’s season-opening giant slalom in Sölden, Austria.
Peacock airs live coverage at 5 a.m. ET (first run) and 8 a.m. (second run).
“It’s logical that I’m not and can’t be at the same level I was at,” Hirscher, 35, said in a press release. “Nor am I at the level I could perhaps still reach. I can really assess myself: 2,051 days, five winters, is an extremely long time in ski racing: some of the guys are at the start with equipment that I don’t even know. I’m happy with my physical fitness, I feel younger than when I stopped my career. The fact that I don’t …